UP Diliman Month Celebration
Kaalamang Bayan sa Pelikula
Ang Panggagahasa kay Fe
February 7, 2017; 5:00 p.m.
Directed by: Alvin Yapan

Starring: Irma Adlawan, TJ Trinidad, Nonie Buencamino

Synopsis: The film evolves the character of Fe, an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who is forced to come home due to the effects of the global financial crisis. She returns to her rural town only to find that her husband has grown to be hostile towards her. His unpredictable mood often leads to physical violence but Fe turns the other cheek. Fe later on finds out that his husband’s attitude toward her is because of an affair with another woman. As this happened, Fe tries to break away from the abusive relationship and finds refuge in the arms of another man, Arturo, who happens to be her former suitor. But Arturo is also married and due to his obligations to his own family, he cannot elope and with Fe. When the men in her real life cannot live up to her needs, she turns to a mysterious suitor who offers her the fantasy of an escape. The term panggagahasa used in the title does not only refer to the sexual kind but also other acts that takes away her social dignity, making her consider fixes no matter how unlikely they may seem.

TICKET PRICE: FREE ADMISSION

Watch trailer here: